Feature 2 | Diesel anD Gas TechnoloGy
The Chinese connection
The world’s leading suppliers of propulsion solutions are queuing up to
match China’s burgeoning shipbuilding ambitions.
O
ver the last decade, China’s Klaus Engberg, senior vice president with the ultimate target being 200 engines
shipbuilding output has increased for MAN Diesel two-stroke licensing per year.
by 500% and, in the period said: ‘At the moment, we are seeing an Meanwhile, MAN Diesel has been
January-September 2007, vessel numbers unprecedented boom in the contracting broadening its engine portfolio in China, with
contracted amounted to 15% above the of ships, particularly in China. However, the new dual fuel version of its 51/60 engine
same period of 2006, while tonnage was up although engine production is also on apparently being offered through Hudong
by 40%. Among shipbuilding nations, China the increase, China is still experiencing a Heavy as part of undisclosed plans for a non-
achieved number one orderbook status, shortage of engines. We therefore warmly Chinese owner to build 165,000m
3
capacity
having 41% of new vessel orders, while welcome the decision of CSSC and ZJCME LNG carriers.
South Korea had 30%. to produce our two-stroke engines.’ MAN Diesel Shanghai Co managing
Against this backdrop, it is no surprise MAN’s other Chinese two-stroke director, H J Brenner, said that, in November
to learn that the world’s leading suppliers licensees are: Dalian Marine Diesel Works; 2007 alone, MAN Diesel had received no fewer
of propulsion solutions are busy developing STX (Dalian) Engine Co; Yichang Marine than 10 applications from different investors in
outlets for their wares throughout China, Diesel Engine Plant; CSSC-MES Diesel Co China looking for licensing agreements with
although they have been adopting (CMD); Hudong Heavy Machinery Co; MAN. ‘Demand for small- and medium-sized
contrasting strategies. and Wuxi Antai Power Machinery Co. The engines has been particularly incredible,’ he
After a flurry of agreements, MAN Diesel last of these companies, located in Jiangsu said, ‘but we have to be selective because we
added a seventh member to its Chinese two- Province, has also previously been a licensee don’t want any family disputes.’
stroke licensee family in January, through for MAN Diesel four-stroke auxiliary Also added as a licensee, at the end of 2006,
a new contract with Zhenjiang CME Co engines, with supplies covering vessels in was Wuhan Marine Machinery Plant Co,
(ZJCME). The licensee is a subsidiary of the 10,000dwt-30,000dwt range. It signed with a remit to produce propellers. The first
state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corp a new agreement covering two-strokes at of a batch of 10 propellers was due to have
(CSSC). the end of 2007. While production capacity been delivered at the turn of the year, but Mr
ZJCME already holds a four-stroke licence is currently dictated by the availability of Brenner said that MAN’s ambitions for licensee
with MAN Diesel to build generating sets. crankshafts, the Wuxi plant plans to turn WMMP extended to production of up to 100
It signed the new, two-stroke agreement to out 45 two-stroke marine engines per year units per year ‘once production is up to quality
build engines up to 50cm bore. by 2009, rising to 60 in the following year, standards’.
12000dwt multi-
purpose cargo
vessel, featuring
a MaK 6 M 43 c
marine engine,
and built by Jiangxi
shipbuilding.
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